PanAm Railways GP40 MEC 350 sits quietly under the stars in Plainville, CT. Visible over the crane is the constellation Cassiopeia. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC, Lumedyne flash.

A heavy Pan Am EDMO smokes and grinds past Waite Road to loop down to CPF480 and into Mohawk Yard to begin it's work. The MEC 611's new paint job is already showing some signs of battle.

Seen from Freeman's Bridge near Schenectady, a Pan Am EDMO freight switches a long cut between Mohawk Yard and Maxon Road as boats and folks frolic on a nice summer like memorial Day weekend alo... (more)

East Deerfield, MA to Mohawk Yard, NY mixed freight rolls thru the new, under construction, CPF-468 at 4:42PM. The new signals can be seen behind the power. After a week of rains, yet more storms... (more)

Coming into Mechanicville for a quick inspection of the new rail yard undergoing lengthy construction. The special running just ahead of a line of thunderstorms.

Pan Am's OCS train heads east through Shelburne Falls, MA on its return trip from North Adams. Prior to Pan Am's acquisition of these F-units from the Conway Scenic, the last F-units to traverse ... (more)

The westbound office car special rolls under the old signal bridge at Wachusett Curve in Fitchburg Massachusetts.

Westbound train EDMO (East Deerfield, MA - Mohawk Yard, NY) works its way west with two former SD45's in charge MEC 610, MEC 612. Both units are now classified as SD40-2's.

Meet The Smurfs. On one of only a handful of occasions that these two units were paired together, 511 and 505 sit under the School Street bridge in Lowell as the crew goes off duty.... (more)

Eastbound roadjob EDNM passes an empty yard at Gardner Massachusetts.

Westbound intermodal AYMO splits the signals at Royalston Massachusetts.

Eastbound turn ED190 thru Erving Massachusetts.

Eastbound road job ED495 works upgrade splitting the approach signals for CPF 353 in Soth Royalston.

A trio of units lead the Pan Am Waterville, ME to Ayer, MA train WAAY-19 on April 21, with the ex-HLCX SD40-2 (SD45 carbody) 619 still awaiting its turn in the PAR paint booth.

Coffee Break? Now that the rested crew is aboard, NMED pulls out away from CPF-WA in Lowell, where the last crew left it when they outlawed. Trains outlaw here fairly often; I have... (more)